Organization outside organizations: The significance of partial organization

Organization

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-104

  Ahrne, Göran ^a   Brunsson, Nils ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accountability; decision; globalization; institution; network

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951501404     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508410376256     Document Type: Article

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